Today provided the team a little time for R&R. So we headed over to the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. The first checklist on the tour was a visit to see Craig Breedlove’s Spirit of America. The world’s first jet powered landspeed car. In 1965 this car ran 526.28 mph and immediately went into the record books. The museum is full of exhibits ranging from trains to spacecraft.

Dick Butkus and Les Holm

Stan Sianis owner of the world famous Billy Goat Tavern

A few hundred feet down the street from the team’s hotel is the world famous Billy Goat Tavern. Saturday Night Live put the establishment on the map with their parody of “cheeseborger, cheeseborger, cheeseborger, chips no fries” The team got to meet Chicago Bears star, Dick Butkus, and Chicago Blackhawks Bobby Hull. Stan Sianis, owner, stopped by to say hello. A great place with an amazing history.

The LeMay Family Collection

Afterburner Docking Stations

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Eric Wittler’s Chasing Clounds.net provides images to the North American Eagle™

The LeMay Family Collection

Afterburner Docking Stations

Lenovo is heavily embedded into our daily operations, with ThinkPads and ThinkStations providing support for website production, engineering consisting of mechanical and structural analysis and aerodynamic capabilities.

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Follow us on Twitter @landspeed763

Eric Wittler’s Chasing Clounds.net provides images to the North American Eagle™

About

The North American Eagle project began as nothing more than an idea. That idea was to take a jet fighter, and turn it into the fastest racing machine in history. Together, Ed Shadle and Keith Zanghi founded a project with a goal to go supersonic, and break the World Land Speed Record of 763 MPH. Along the way, countless people have joined together to push the boundaries of speed, to see just how fast this car can go.

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